clay

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  1. noun A fine-grained, firm earthy material that is plastic when wet and hardens when heated, consisting primarily of hydrated silicates of aluminum and widely used in making bricks, tiles, and pottery.
  2. noun A hardening or nonhardening material having a consistency similar to clay and used for modeling.
  3. noun Geology A sedimentary material with grains smaller than 0.002 millimeters in diameter.
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  1. Middle English clei, from Old English clæg.

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  1. from Middle English clay, cley, clei, from Anglo-Saxon clæg = OFries. klai = Middle Dutch kleye, Dutch klei = Middle Low German Low German klei (later G. klei) = Danish klæg, clay; related through dial. variant clag (see clag, claggy) to clog, q. v.; and perhaps ult. to L. glus, Latin gluten (later English glue, gluten, q. v.), to Greek γλοιός, γλοιά, sticky oil, gum, γλίνη, γλήνη, gum, γλία, glue, and to Old Bulgarian glina. clay, glenu, slime.
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